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About This Poem

"Like a number of poems I've written, I had the last line first and worked backward. The poem looks at relative truth and how, in youth (troubling for me), the examples were somewhat dire—national life and personal life seemed weirdly connected. That connection has also been a huge hallmark of 2016, personally. And Ruby coming into the poem, in present time, is a reminder for me that hunger for life is a kind of hope for the future."—Michael Klein

Michael Klein is the author of When I Was a Twin (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015). He teaches at Hunter College and lives in New York City.

Poetry by Klein

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